- Born at Nasik, Maharashtra on November 10.
- Passed SSC Examination from Govt Public School, Nasik
- Joined Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in Pune
- Participated in Satyagraha at the time of Emergency and was put behind bar for 45 days
- Elected Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Mumbai.
- Also, started full-time work for ABVP as Organising Secretary in Mumbai
- Appointed Organising Secretary of students Experience in Interstate Living (SEIL).
- Nominated All India Secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad.
- Member, Management Council and Senate of University of Mumbai.
- Executive Director of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini
- Member of a study group working on a NGO participation in development activity, Govt of
Maharashtra.
- Member, Governing Council (YASHADA) Pune.
- Director General, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini
- Chairman, National Organizing Committee of the Millennium Youth Parliament (MYP).
- Member of Industry- Institution interaction subcommittee of CII, Mumbai.
- Monitored the implementation of the UNDP Project ‘Go Ballast- India’
- Led a Goodwill Mission of Indian Voluntary Organisations to Afghanistan.
- Chairman, Western Regional Committee and
- Member of the National Executive Council,CAPART, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India.
- Member of the Board of Governors of Sardar Patel Institute of Public administration, Govt. of Gujarat
- In-charge of the National Good Governance Cell of the BJP
- Director of Public Policy Research Center, New Delhi
- Vice-President, The Asiatic Society, Mumbai.
- Appointed Vice-President, Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Appointed Incharge of BJP, Madhya Pradesh.
- Elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- Appointed as President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
- Appointed as Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on HRD
- Re-Appointed as President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)